well, it is a new year. and, of course, that means all of those usual proclamations to do whatever not to make one a better person. blah blah, etc. i'll just lay out some facts:

i still love to cook.
flavi still loves to cook-
so those interests will coincide.

i constantly recruit new people (usually unintentionally) who want to cook with me,
so that means more fun evenings.

i have new cooking-type stuff- supplied by mon mere, of course,
so those will help me on my way to making tasty goodings for all.

i will say i'd like to improve my baking skills over the year, but that probably won't happen- i prefer to find those "i-love-to-bake-but-cannot-cook" types who will join up with me. the truly best dishes are created in the presence of friends, and the worst ones are made passable- like the infamous mish-mash flavi and i attempted to make before the decemberists concert- undoubtedly a disastrous dinner that was made OK (capital letters, even!) by the presence of the not so near, but dear. so, with this national changing-of-the-calendar week, i say lets off and make some food! flavi is hopping about somewhere in eastern europe for a while, and i am going to take this oppurtunity to get ahead on some quality blogging action.